Kebby Maphatsoe

{{Short description|South African politician (1962–2021)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| honorific_prefix =

| name = Emmanuel Kebby Maphatsoe

| office = Member of the National Assembly of South Africa

| president1 =

| term_start = 15 June 2019

| term_end = 31 August 2021

| term_start1 = 30 May 2009

| term_end1 = 7 May 2019

| nationality = South African

| birth_date = {{birth date|1962|12|31|df=y}}

| death_date = {{death date and age|2021|8|31|1962|12|31|df=y}}

}}

Emmanuel Kebby Maphatsoe (31 December 1962 – 31 August 2021) was a Member of the National Assembly of South Africa from 2019 until his death in 2021. He had previously served from May 2009 to May 2019, when he lost his seat, however he returned to the National Assembly after Jeff Radebe resigned his seat.{{Cite web|url=https://www.timeslive.co.za/politics/2019-06-15-kebby-maphatsoe-headed-back-to-parliament-after-jeff-radebe-quits/|title=Kebby Maphatsoe headed back to parliament after Jeff Radebe quits}}

He was also president of the uMkhonto we Sizwe Military Veterans’ Association (MKMVA) until its disbandment in 2021.{{Cite web |date=2021-09-01 |title=Kebby Maphatsoe's family dismisses claims he died from Covid-19 complications |url=https://www.citizen.co.za/news/south-africa/politics/2601709/kebby-maphatsoe-covid-19-complications-1-september-2021/ |access-date=2021-09-03 |website=The Citizen |language=en}}

Maphatsoe served as a Deputy Minister of Defence and Military Veterans in the cabinet of South African president Jacob Zuma from 2014 to 2019.{{Cite web|url=https://www.pa.org.za/person/emmanuel-ramaotoana-kebby-maphatsoe/#experience|title = Kebby Maphatsoe}}

He was implicated in the current state capture probes and militarizing the MKMVA, most notably deploying 30+-year-old men outside Luthuli House who could not possibly be members of the MKMVA or have served in the ANC training camps throughout Southern Africa.{{Cite web | url=https://mg.co.za/article/2017-10-06-mk-veterans-reject-kebby-maphatsoe-and-call-for-new-leadership | title=MK veterans reject Kebby Maphatsoe and call for new leadership| date=6 October 2017}}

Maphatsoe died on 31 August 2021 at his Johannesburg home.{{cite news |last1=Dlamini |first1=Penwell |title=Former MKMVA president Kebby Maphatsoe has died |url=https://www.sowetanlive.co.za/news/south-africa/2021-08-31-former-mkmva-president-kebby-maphatsoe-has-died/ |access-date=31 August 2021 |work=Sowetan Live |date=31 August 2021}}